2024-11-08T16:51:25-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/147115295/forget-standing-desks-just-wear-your-chair Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-02-01T13:18:00-05:00 >2016-02-08T12:08:51-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/19/199a56591037c85ca65f29439bd8ebd8?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Japanese researchers have developed a wearable chair called Archelis that can help surgeons when they are performing long surgeries. [...] The wearer of Archelis will not get full comfort of sitting on a chair but the gadget actually wraps around the wearer's buttocks and legs, providing support that effectively allows them to sit down wherever and whenever needed.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Check out Archelis in action (in Japanese) below (h/t BLDGBLOG):</p><p></p><p>More from the world of wearables:</p><ul><li><a title="Wearable shelters for the hipster nomad" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/80389600/wearable-shelters-for-the-hipster-nomad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wearable shelters for the hipster nomad</a></li><li><a title="Vinn Patararin challenges the possibilities of textile architecture" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/113436373/vinn-patararin-challenges-the-possibilities-of-textile-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vinn Patararin challenges the possibilities of textile architecture</a></li><li><a title="Magical Sesame Ring opens gates of public transit" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/80158350/magical-sesame-ring-opens-gates-of-public-transit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Magical Sesame Ring opens gates of public transit</a></li></ul>